Confirmed speakers for the 2006 event include:

 

KEYNOTES & FEATURED INTERVIEWS

	Larry Kenswil President, Universal Music Group - eLabs Kenswil has headed eLabs from its founding in 1999. Previously, he was UMG's EVP, Business and Legal Affairs. Mr. Kenswil sits on the Board of Directors of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and, previously, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
	Terry McBride Founder & CEO, Nettwerk Productions Ranked 33 out of 100 most powerful people in the music industry and master manager and promoter of such acts as Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, Dido and Coldplay, McBride is widely respected for being a brilliant strategist and dedicated to his exclusive client roster.
	David Del Beccaro President, CEO & Founder, Music Choice Del Beccaro has pioneered innovative ways to deliver entertainment content to television, broadband and cell phones. Music Choice is currently the industry leader in VOD music content, programming a comprehensive selection of music channels and producing exclusive content.
	Shawn Gold SVP, Marketing & Content, MySpace.com Shawn Gold comes to MySpace, an online social network with over 50 million registrants, with a 13 year history in digital marketing and content strategy. Previous, Shawn was publisher of WeblogsInc (now an AOL company), the largest publisher of professional blogs on the web.
	Seamus McAteer Chief Product Architect & Senior Analyst, M:Metrics McAteer has covered the wireless industry since the early 1990s and is one of the most respected and credible analysts in the industry. He held director and research fellow positions in several corporations before founding his own wireless and telecommunications advisory services firm.
	Ralph Simon Chairman - Americas, Mobile Entertainment Forum Ralph Simon, Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum – Americas (MEF), is recognized as one the leading international authorities on mobile entertainment and mobile content rights and delivery. Simon leads the strategic vision and success of the MEF in the U.S. and Americas.

PANELISTS & FEATURED SPEAKERS

	Ted Cohen SVP, Digital Distribution & Development, EMI Music Cohen oversees worldwide digital business development for this "big five" record company. Under his guidance, EMI has led the industry with new technology initiatives such as digital downloads, online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet radio.
	David Goldberg, VP & General Manager, Music, Yahoo! As Vice President and General Manager of Music at Yahoo! Inc., David Goldberg is responsible for the growth and continued development of LAUNCH, the music destination on Yahoo! Goldberg spearheads Yahoo!'s vision to help music fans connect with their favorite artists and discover new music through a variety of interactive mediums.
	Michael Hausman, Artist Manager/Co-Founder, SuperEgo Records and United Musicians In 1999, Michael and artist Aimee Mann founded their own independent label, Superego Records and released Mann’s LP “Bachelor #2”. This record received the AFIM’s Independent Album of The Year Award. Bolstered by the success of Superego Records, Michael formed United Musicians.
	Lesley Bleakley, CEO, Beggars Group North America Lesley Bleakley began her music industry career at Beggars Banquet in the UK 16 years ago. She moved to NYC to start the label's US office in 1995. Lesley is currently the CEO of North American operations of The Beggars Group, which represents 4AD, XL, Beggars Banquet, Matador, & Too Pure. She is also actively involved in establishing a US trade association AAIM.
	Mike Gaumond VP & GM, Digital Media Services, Motorola Gaumond leads the Digital Media Solutions group, based in Tempe, AZ, which is charged with developing a compelling, seamless digital music experience to consumers. Prior to his current role, Mr. Gaumond served as VP, Operations and Business Development, for Motorola’s cell phone business.
	Jim Griffin, CEO, Cherry Lane Digital Jim Griffin is CEO of Cherry Lane Digital. Cherry, dedicated to the future of music and entertainment delivery. Before starting Cherry Lane Digital, he started and ran the technology department at Geffen Records. Prior to Geffen he was an International Representative for The Newspaper Guild in Washington, D.C.
	David Pakman President & CEO, eMusic Pakman is a pioneer and entrepreneur in digital music. Before joining Dimensional and eMusic, he was Co-founder & President of Myplay, which he sold to Bertelsmann’s eCommerce Group in 2001. Prior, Pakman was co-creator of Apple Computer’s Music Group, co-founding the Macintosh New York Music Festival.
	Greg Clayman, VP, Wireless, MTV Networks As Vice President of Wireless Strategy & Operations for MTV Networks, Greg is responsible for managing the overall strategic direction and day-to-day business and product development, operations, and partnership management aspects of the mobile media business for the MTV, Vh1, CMT, Comedy Central, and LOGO brands.

	David Card, VP & Senior Analyst, JupiterResearch David Card analyzes the media and music industries, focusing on cross-media programming, online revenue streams, and audience segmentation. Previously, he directed media and marketing research, and, as Jupiter's Research Development VP, he helped guide coverage architecture, research methodologies, and overall quality.
	Thomas Ryan, SVP, Digital & Mobile Strategy and Development, EMI Music Ryan oversees the company’s worldwide digital and mobile strategy and is responsible for growing the company’s businesses in these areas by defining new business models, negotiating partnership deals, and collaborating closely with EMI’s operating companies around the world.
	Greg Scholl, CEO, The Orchard In addition to his Dimensional role (Dimensional acquires and operates media and technology businesses, including The Orchard, eMusic, and Dimensional Music Publishing), Scholl serves as Chief Executive of The Orchard, which is the world’s leading distributor of independent music.
	John Harrobin, VP–Marketing Communications, Verizon Wireless John is responsible for national advertising, media planning and buying, visual merchandising, and channel marketing programs. John previously served as Vice President–Marketing & Sales Operations for the West Area of Verizon Wireless.
	Adam Sexton, VP of Marketing & Product Management, Groove Mobile Adam Sexton has over 14 years of experience in marketing and management in the music and technology industries. In 2000, Sexton was named by Advertising Age as one of the Top 100 Marketing Executives in the U.S. Prior to Groove, Sexton was VP of Marketing at Macrovision.
	Dave Jaworski, Founder & CEO, PassAlong Networks Jaworski is founder and CEO of PassAlong Networks, the only company allowed by eBay to offer digital downloads from the majors and the first licensed by PayPal for micro-transactions. Early in his career, he spent 8 years at pre-public Microsoft, receiving the first Bill Gates Chairman's Award for Excellence.
	Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire Before founding Digital Media Wire, Ned was an entertainment attorney at Loeb & Loeb LLP, where he handled complex licensing transactions and financings for media and entertainment clients including Universal Studios and MGM and launched dozens of Internet and new media start-ups.
	Brian Garrity, Senior Business Writer, Billboard Brian Garrity is Senior Business Editor for Billboard, where he writes extensively about media, technology and finance. Prior to joining Billboard in September of 1999, he spent three years as a reporter for Investment Dealers’ Digest, a Wall Street trade magazine.
	Avery Kotler Senior Director, Business & Legal Affairs, Napster Kotler is responsible for negotiating Napster's music and business agreements. Kotler has also played a key role in developing and expanding the company’s groundbreaking university program, launched in January 2004 in partnership with Penn State University.
	Lee Abrams Chief Programming Officer, XM Satellite Radio Abrams has been shaping the American radio industry for over three decades. During the past 37 years, Lee has brought unparalleled ratings and economic success to radio stations in over 200 markets, including 97 of the top 100 winning 318 programming battles, while losing only 11.
	Tim Quirk General Manager, Music, RealNetworks Quirk oversees the team that secures, ingests, publishes and promotes music content across all of Real's music properties, including Rhapsody. Prior, Tim was Listen.com's Editorial Director. Before that, he spent more than 10 years as the singer and lyricist for the punk-pop band Too Much Joy.
	JJ Rosen, VP & GM, Digital Business, US Sony BMG Music Entertainment Rosen oversees SONY BMG’s relationships with US digital business partners and is responsible for maximizing US digital revenue, as well as for working directly with each SONY BMG label to support the company’s efforts to create digital assets around every new release.
	Stephen Friedman, General Manager, mtvU Friedman oversees all aspects of the college-based network, including programming, marketing, and distribution. mtvU can be found on more than 730 college campuses and universities across the country reaching 7 million students. Under his leadership, the channel relaunched from CTN: The College Television network into mtvU, and has grown over 30%.
	Leslie Darling, VP, Media & Ent., comScore Networks Leslie Darling oversees comScore’s analytical and consulting solutions for key clients in the media industry.  Prior to joining comScore Networks, she was Director of Sales for the Agency/Media team at Nielsen//NetRatings.
	Steve Blatter SVP, Music Programming, SIRIUS Satellite Radio A former VP for Big City Radio, Blatter has broad experience in programming. He developed the format for KLYY in Los Angeles – which, within a year, became one of the most listened-to alternative rock stations in the nation.
	LaSean Smith, Sr. Product Manager, Motorola Smith is responsible for product development and product marketing in Motorola's Digital Media Services Group, which includes iRadio, a service that will provide consumers with hundreds of channels of commercial-free radio stations and their personal music collection on their existing car stereo, on-the-go, and at home.
	Bryan Biniak, SVP, AG Interactive, American Greetings Biniak is responsible for the strategic planning and leadership for all wireless initiatives at AG Interactive, the new media division of American Greetings Corporation, a $2 billion dollar publicly-held company and one of the world's leading manufacturers of social expression products.
	Farrell Reynolds, President & COO, Ruckus Reynolds has been an innovator in the fields of sales, marketing, operations and training for almost 30 years, primarily in the broadcast and cable industries. Reynolds has represented hundreds of television stations, creating and then coordinating the marketing and distribution efforts.
	Aydin S. Caginalp, Partner, Alston & Bird Caginalp is currently the partner-in-charge of Alston & Bird’s New York office. He is also the chair of the Entertainment and New Media Group and has worked extensively in the entertainment field in connection with the acquisition of music, broadcast and production companies throughout the world.
	Matt Kleinschmit, Vice President, Ipsos Insight As creator and editor of the groundbreaking quarterly report TEMPO: Keeping Pace with Digital Music Behavior, Kleinschmit is recognized as a leading expert in digital music. TEMPO has measured global consumer digital music behavior since 1999, attracting sponsors from retail, consumer electronics, hardware, and music recording industries.

Confirmed speakers for the March 2, 2005 forum:

Keynotes & Featured Interviews:
Shawn Fanning - Co-Founder, Snocap
Mike Conte - General Manager, MSN Marketplaces, Microsoft
Terry McBride - CEO, Nettwerk Productions / Nettwerk Management
David Goldberg - VP & General Manager, Music, Yahoo!

Panelists:
Craig Palmer - President & CEO, Gracenote
Brad Duea - President, Napster
Jeffrey Bronikowski - VP, Bus. Dev., eLabs, Universal Music Group
Ted Cohen - SVP, Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music
Thomas Gewecke - SVP, Digital Business Group, Sony BMG
Mike Gaumond - VP & General Manager, Motorola Media Solutions
Brian Garrity - Senior Editor, Billboard
Shahid Khan - Managing Director, BearingPoint
David Kusek - VP, Berklee Media, Berklee College of Music
Gerd Leonhard - CEO, ThinkAndLink / Sr Advisor to Sony Net Servcies
Phil Corwin - Partner, Butera & Andrews / Chief Lobbyist, Sharman Networks (owner of Kazaa)
Martin J. Elgison - Partner, Intellectual Property, Alston & Bird
Mark Levy - Vice President, Content, InfoSpace Mobile
Steve Marks - General Counsel, RIAA
Jonathan Potter - Executive Director, Digital Media Association
Robert Acker - VP, RealPlayer & Music Services, Real Networks
Gary Cohen - President, MusicNow
Peter Diemer - VP Sales & Marketing, Musicrypt, Inc
David Card - VP & Senior Analyst, Jupiter Research
John Kilcullen - President & Publisher, Billboard
Ned Sherman - CEO, Digital Media Wire
Nancy Beaton - GM, Wireless Music & Personalization, Sprint
Don Teague - VP of Sales & Marketing, PaymentOne
Chris Anderson - Editor-in-Chief, Wired
Paul Brindley - Managing Director, MusicAlly

 
Past speakers include:

Lyor Cohen Chairman & CEO Warner Music Group

Chris Gorog Chairman & CEO Roxio / Napster

John Perry Barlow Co-Founder & Vice Chairman, EFF

Steve Rennie, REN Management (Manager of Incubus)
The Legendary Les Paul, Musician & Inventor
David Del Beccaro, CEO, Music Choice
Donald Katz, Chairman & CEO, Audible.com
John Jeffrey, EVP & General Counsel, Live365
Chris Amenita - SVP, ASCAP
Amy Bernstein - Senior Editor, Business 2.0
Derek Broes - EVP, Worldwide Operations, Altnet
David Card - VP & Research Director, Jupiter Research
Scott Cohen - Co-Founder & President, The Orchard Global Media
Ted Cohen - SVP, Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music
Peter Csathy - COO, MusicMatch
David Del Beccaro - President & CEO, Music Choice
Maureen Dorney - Partner, Gray Cary
Adam M. Eisgrau, Executive Director, P2P United
Roy Elkins - CEO & Founder, Broadjam
Mark Frieser - CEO & Founder, Consect
Eric Garland - CEO, Big Champagne
Brian Garrity - Senior Editor, Billboard Magazine
Tom Gensch - VP, Content & Distribution, PaymentOne
Laura Goldberg - COO, Napster
Jim Griffin - CEO, Cherry Lane Digital
Ellie Hirschhorn - GM & EVP, MusicNet
Jeff Howe - Contributing Editor, Wired Magazine
David Hyman - Chief Strategy Officer, Gracenote
Jack Isquith, Executive Director of Music Industry Relations, AOL Music
John Kilcullen - President & Publisher, Billboard Magazine
Scott Kauffman - President & CEO, MusicNow (formerly FullAudio)
David Kusek - VP, Berklee Media, Berklee College of Music
Steven Marks - General Counsel, RIAA
Tim Nilson - VP, Mobile Technology, Sony Music
Daniel Porter - VP, Bus. Dev., Be Music / BMG Music Service
Jonathan Potter - Executive Director, Digital Media Association
Larry Rebich - VP of Program Acquisition & Market Dev., SIRIUS Satellite Radio
Mike Rich - Executive Director of Programming, AOL Music
Tim Riley - Worldwide Executive of Music, Activision
Sean Ryan - VP, Music Services, Real Networks
Ned Sherman - CEO & Founder, Digital Media Wire
Perry Solomon - Founder & VP, Strategy, Peppercoin
Bob Struble - President & CEO, Ibiquity Digital
Nikke Slight - SVP, New Media, Atlantic Records
Nada Usina - GM, Entertainment & Media Business, Nokia America
Jon Vlassopulos - Sr. Dir., Bus. Dev., AT&T Wireless Mobile Multimedia
Phil Corwin, Partner, Butera & Andrews (Kazaa counsel)
Jesse Feder, Policy Planning Advisor, U.S. Copyright Office
Mitch Glazier, SVP, Gov't Relations & Legislative Counsel, RIAA
Matt Kleinschmit, Director, TEMPO Program, Ipsos-Reid
Whitney Broussard, Partner, Selverne, Mandelbaum & Mintz
Richard Conlon, VP, Business Development, BMI
Vincent Peppe, Legal Counsel, Licensing, SESAC
Dan Rayburn, Editor, Streaming Media, Inc.
Bill Rose, VP/ General Manager, Arbitron Webcast Services
Andrew Rasiej, CEO, Digital Club Network
Kurt Hanson, Publisher, RAIN (Radio & Internet Newsletter) 
Josh Warner, Founder, Like Media
Michael Hausman, Co-Founder, United Musicians
Howie Kleinberg, VP, Marketing, Electric Artists
Trey Bowles, VP, Strategic Development, StreamCast Networks
Alex Luke, VP, Music Programming, Pressplay
Mark Ghuneim, SVP, Emerging Technologies, Columbia Records
Michelle Robertson, President, DMusic
Joe Laszlo, Senior Analyst, Jupiter Media 
Bryan Biniak, EVP, Moviso
Kevin Kiernan, Head of New Media, Astralwerks/EMI
Tim Nilson, VP, Mobile Technology, Sony Music
Maureen S. Dorney, Partner, Gray Cary
Nicholas Lehman, VP, Interactive Business Development, MTV/VH1
David Brudnicki, Sr. Director, Mobile Multimedia, AT&T Wireless

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